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The power of the Internet is an incredibly effective tool for startups, if it can be effectively harnessed. For some, this is an expensive journey, relying on help from outside professionals. For others, the journey can be self-taught; but the time it takes to…

When it comes to the online world, user experience is everything. When someone visits your site or your platform, you have less than three seconds to make a good first impression that will keep them interesting in your startup. So, how do you create…

These days, concerns about cyberwarfare and hacking seem to be bigger than ever. President Obama said that government and businesses must be vigilant about protecting themselves from hackers and criminals. Some small business may think that they are safe as hackers will aim …

Every year thousands of people get the idea to start a business; however, it is just few of them who actually taste the sweetness of success. Is it because they have some extraordinary powers or something? Well, yes and no – it really boils…

Every software and web developer has probably heard that hourly time tracking just doesn’t stick in this line of work. They name different reasons: programmers’ output can be very uneven and may be dramatically different from day to day or even from hour to…

Currently, there are increasingly large numbers of cyber attacks in the nation. In fact, the FBI now ranks cybercrime as one of its top law enforcement activities. President Barack Obama, in his recently proposed budget, said that he would drastically raise the spending on…

The tech industry was baffled with the announcement of Alphabet, the new holding company of Google, a few weeks ago. The million-dollar question is, “Why would an industry leader like Google make such a move?” For many years now, Google has planned to reach everywhere…

When you think of tech startups, you think of sprawling campuses in Silicon Valley fed by venture capitalists from across the bay. San Francisco is synonymous with fresh faced programmers with a penchant for disruptive technology. But rising costs has made San Fran a…

The IDC released a new report, and Apple has moved into second place among wearables, thanks to the Apple Watch. If you’re wondering about who’s taken the lead, it’s Fitbit. It’s a pretty close race between Fitbit and Apple among the top wearable gadgets. Apple…

The key to increasing your ecommerce store’s productivity is to increase its visibility. While there are several methods that you can use to drive customers to your website, there are few greater tools than social media. Unfortunately, many social media sites, like Pinterest …

Today’s Internet is all about connecting with other people. People are social beings- they naturally gravitate towards other people when they are in the same place. It is not a surprise that social networks have exploded in such a big way. Creating a community…

Google might have retreated with its Google Glass, but wearable tech finally seems to be poised enough to burst into the mainstream. Such products were previously limited to the athletically minded people who were the first adopters of this kind of technology. According to…

Ashley Madison’s data breach has gripped the imaginations of people around the world since the news first broke at the end of July. While much of the public has spent their time commenting on how both the website and its members are getting what they…

The video blogging culture seems to be at its peak, and these kids are making a serious name for themselves on YouTube. The key to YouTube popularity is that any video these kids upload will get shared and amass record views. Most of the…

Black hat SEO is turning into a highly-debated subject in the SEO community. The idea of utilizing strategies to damage a contenders rankings is nothing new. While black hat SEO used to offer bunches of backlinks to your site at a cost, now they…

The latest tidings around Mozilla’s decision to block Adobe Flash has blewn up the Internet. The main reason for such action is a series of vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by hackers. Now users can see only the blocked plugin page with a warning:…

How do you expand your business all over the world? If you feel that your business offer is original and has the potential to be successful worldwide – regardless of language or cultural differences – you have should consider optimization and improvement of your…

On April 21, the online world braced itself for what has been coined “Mobilegeddon.” It’s the latest in a series of major Google overhauls that affect businesses which appear on the site’s search results. This particular shake-up is a change to Google’s algorithm …